Embuscade-class ironclad floating battery

Class overview
NamePalestro class
BuildersArman Brothers, Bordeaux
Operators French Navy
Preceded byArrogante class
Built1862–1868
In service1866–1889
Completed4
Scrapped4
General characteristics
TypeIronclad floating battery
Displacement1,615 t (1,589 long tons)
Length39.65 m (130 ft 1 in)
Beam15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft3.52 m (11.5 ft) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion2 propellers, 2 return connecting rod engines
Sail planfore-and-aft
Speed8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Range670 nmi (1,240 km; 770 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement190
Armament
Armor

The Embuscade class consisted of four ironclad floating batteries built for the French Navy in the 1860s.

Ships

Construction data
Name Laid down Launched Completed Fate
Embuscade 25 February 1862 18 November 1865 September 1866 Scrapped, 1945
Refuge 1 May 1866 October 1867 Scrapped, 1945?
Protectrice 8 December 1866 August 1867 Scrapped, 1890
Imprenable 18 December 1867 February 1868 Scrapped, 1939

References

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